Emile Zola

It is such a shame that we tend to forget these wonderful old authors. I am re-reading La Terre - in English I suppose it must be called The Earth ...?
There are some of the old writers, the Bronte sisters for example, that (to me) are just Victorian Mills and Boon, but Zola is exceptional.
My own books fall in to the shadows by comparison I fear !
Catherine Broughton